CVE-2023-1020: Wp Live Chat Shoutbox Project Wp Live Chat Shoutbox

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.

Affected products

• Wp Live Chat Shoutbox Project Wp Live Chat Shoutbox: up to and including 1.4.2

Published 2023-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.